#55A019#55A019

#55A019 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.176 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A019
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 25)
HSL	hsl(93, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(93, 84%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 84.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -44.85, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 72.15, 128.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.1256 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.176 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4922, 27.1421, 5.2894)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55A019 #6419A0

analogous

#99A019 #55A019 #19A020

triadic

#55A019 #1955A0 #A01955

tetradic

#55A019 #1999A0 #6419A0 #A02019

square

#55A019 #1999A0 #6419A0 #A02019

split-complementary

#55A019 #2019A0 #A01999

monochromatic

#1D3608 #396B11 #55A019 #71D521 #91E450

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#55A019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#55A019 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A019

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A019	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.176 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd64',
    500: '#55a019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a019;
$custom-light: #8cbd64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.333,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63257,
    "c": 0.17644,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A019

secondary

#914FC6

accent

#38F09E

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A019

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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